- Wear an old pair of cotton socks on your hands while cleaning the Venetian blinds.
- Use an old shirt sleeve to make a permanent broom cover to dust in high places. Cut the sleeve off at the elbow, stitch the ends together, slip over the broom and button the cuff around the handle.
- Another way to deal with faded or soiled Venetian blind tapes is to brighten them with white shoe polish.
